"bedlock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Blend of bed + wedlock Etymology templates: {{blend|en|bed|wedlock}} Blend of bed + wedlock Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bedlock (uncountable)
  1. A relationship where an unmarried couple shares a bed; cohabitation. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-bedlock-en-noun--8qqNwDM Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "He wants you an' me to fall dead in love, an' be j'ined in bedlock.",
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          "ref": "2005, David Luke, transl., Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Selected Poetry, Penguin Classics, page 30",
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          "ref": "2009, Nicholas Johnson, What Do You Mean and how Do You Know?",
          "text": "If Rose is having a tennis party it may make more sense to include Joe's steady tennis partner, Sue (with whom he has never had sex), than either his wife (from whom he has been separated for four months) or Dizzy (a current partner in bedlock whose most outstanding qualities are neither athletic nor intellectual).",
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